Monkeys have tails; apes do not.
A cat's tail contains 10 percent of the bones in its body.
The tails of Manx cats range from a few inches, called “stumpy”, to nonexistent “rumpy”. Legend says that the Manx cat lost its tail when Noah closed the door to the ark too soon.
In the United Kingdom a tax was levied in the 18th century upon working dogs with tails, so many puppies had their tails docked to avoid this tax. The tax was repealed in 1796 but that did not stop the practice from persisting.
Dogs can become afflicted by Happy Tail, a syndrome where the tail is wagged so hard that it hits walls, furniture, and people until it begins bleeding. Because of the wagging, that blood is then flicked onto walls, ceilings, and anything else in the vicinity.
Polish composer Frédéric Chopin wrote his “The Little Dog Waltz,” also known as "The Minute Waltz," after watching his friend’s Pomeranian gleefully chasing its tail.
Keon, an Irish wolfhound, has a 2.6-foot-long tail, which is the Guinness World Record for the longest tail on a dog.
As an aggressive gesture to rivals, the coyote makes its tail bushier and turns it sideways.
Geckos have score lines on their tails that allow them to snap off quickly if a predator grabs them. They then regenerate their tail.
Kangaroos can't jump without using their tails.
The tufted ground squirrel of Borneo's tail is 30 percent larger by volume than its body. It has the largest-known tail-to-body-size ratio of any mammal.
A peacock's tail feathers can reach up to six feet long and makes up around 60% of its body length.
The tail feathers of Birds of Paradise are so black that they absorb 99.95% of all light, just .01% less than the blackest human-made nanomaterial, and help make brightly-colored patches stand out more during mating dances.
During the Middle Ages, the beaver's flat, scaly tail led many Roman Catholics to class them as fish-which meant Catholics could eat them on Fridays.
The thresher shark was named for its thresher-like tail, which can be as long as its entire body. It uses its tail as a weapon to stun prey.
When scientists discovered a dinosaur tail perfectly preserved in amber, they found it was full of feathers.
Before the word "queue" meant a line of people waiting their turn, it originally meant the tail of a beast in medieval pictures and designs.
The French actress Sarah Bernhardt was fond of wild animals. According to some biographies (probably more fanciful than reliable) she asked a surgeon to fasten her a tiger tail but he replied it was medically impossible.
A cat's tail contains 10 percent of the bones in its body.
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The tails of Manx cats range from a few inches, called “stumpy”, to nonexistent “rumpy”. Legend says that the Manx cat lost its tail when Noah closed the door to the ark too soon.
In the United Kingdom a tax was levied in the 18th century upon working dogs with tails, so many puppies had their tails docked to avoid this tax. The tax was repealed in 1796 but that did not stop the practice from persisting.
Dogs can become afflicted by Happy Tail, a syndrome where the tail is wagged so hard that it hits walls, furniture, and people until it begins bleeding. Because of the wagging, that blood is then flicked onto walls, ceilings, and anything else in the vicinity.
Polish composer Frédéric Chopin wrote his “The Little Dog Waltz,” also known as "The Minute Waltz," after watching his friend’s Pomeranian gleefully chasing its tail.
Keon, an Irish wolfhound, has a 2.6-foot-long tail, which is the Guinness World Record for the longest tail on a dog.
As an aggressive gesture to rivals, the coyote makes its tail bushier and turns it sideways.
Geckos have score lines on their tails that allow them to snap off quickly if a predator grabs them. They then regenerate their tail.
Kangaroos can't jump without using their tails.
The tufted ground squirrel of Borneo's tail is 30 percent larger by volume than its body. It has the largest-known tail-to-body-size ratio of any mammal.
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| Tufted ground squirrel. Joseph Wolf - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1856 |
A peacock's tail feathers can reach up to six feet long and makes up around 60% of its body length.
The tail feathers of Birds of Paradise are so black that they absorb 99.95% of all light, just .01% less than the blackest human-made nanomaterial, and help make brightly-colored patches stand out more during mating dances.
During the Middle Ages, the beaver's flat, scaly tail led many Roman Catholics to class them as fish-which meant Catholics could eat them on Fridays.
The thresher shark was named for its thresher-like tail, which can be as long as its entire body. It uses its tail as a weapon to stun prey.
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| Common thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus). |
When scientists discovered a dinosaur tail perfectly preserved in amber, they found it was full of feathers.
Before the word "queue" meant a line of people waiting their turn, it originally meant the tail of a beast in medieval pictures and designs.
The French actress Sarah Bernhardt was fond of wild animals. According to some biographies (probably more fanciful than reliable) she asked a surgeon to fasten her a tiger tail but he replied it was medically impossible.
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